#Deadspin #Sal #Stewart #Reds #aim #Marlins #ace #Sandy #Alcantara">Deadspin | Sal Stewart, Reds take aim at Marlins ace Sandy Alcantara
Apr 6, 2026; Miami, Florida, USA; Cincinnati Reds first baseman Sal Stewart (27) hits an RBI single against the Miami Marlins during the fourth inning at loanDepot Park. Mandatory Credit: Sam Navarro-Imagn Images
First baseman Sal Stewart, a Miami native, is hoping for more good vibes on Tuesday when his Cincinnati Reds play the host Marlins.
Stewart hit the go-ahead RBI single on Monday as the Reds won 2-0 in the opener of a four-game series.
“I’m super happy to be home (in Miami),” said Stewart, 22. “I love seeing my family and friends. Miami is where I grew up. It’s in my blood, and everyone knows how much Miami means to me.”
On Tuesday, Stewart and his teammates will be backing up Andrew Abbott, the fourth straight left-hander to start against the Marlins.
Abbott (0-1, 3.09 ERA) will go up against Miami’s ace, right-hander Sandy Alcantara (2-0, 0.00).
Abbott became a first-time All-Star last year at age 26, going 8-1 with a 2.07 ERA in the first half of the season. However, in the second half of the season, he wasn’t as sharp (2-6, 3.84 ERA).
This year has seen him produce one stellar start and one rough outing. He fired six shutout innings in a no-decision against the Boston Red Sox on Opening Day, then yielded four runs on five hits in 5 2/3 innings versus the Pittsburgh Pirates in a loss on Wednesday.
“I feel like I’m in a good spot,” Abbott said after the defeat, according to MLB.com. “Obviously, there are improvements to make, there’s things to kind of go back over, rewatch, relearn. But for the most part, I’m doing what I meant to do in the spring.”
In his lone start against the Marlins last year, Abbott tossed 7 2/3 innings of one-run ball. However, the previous season he was lit up twice by Miami, allowing 11 runs on 13 hits in 8 1/3 innings.
Alcantara had a season that was essentially the opposite of Abbott’s last year. The former National League Cy Young Award winner, who missed the entire 2024 season following elbow surgery, struggled in the first half of 2025, going 4-9 with a 7.22 ERA. He got his groove back in the second half of last season, when he went 7-3 with a 3.33 ERA.
This year, Alcantara permitted just one run, which was unearned in seven innings on Opening Day, then fired a three-hit shutout against the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday. Through 16 innings, he has permitted seven hits and two walked while striking out 12.
In nine appearances (seven starts) against the Reds, Alcantara is 2-5 with a 3.99 ERA. For his career, Alcantara has a 3.15 ERA at home as opposed to a 4.08 ERA on the road.
On offense, the Marlins are looking for more production from Jakob Marsee, who is batting just .109 with a .389 OPS. As a rookie last year, the center fielder was much better, hitting .292 with an .842 OPS.
Rohit Sharma has been in good touch with the bat in the first two matches for Mumbai Indians.
| Photo Credit:
Anupam Nath
Rohit Sharma has been in good touch with the bat in the first two matches for Mumbai Indians.
| Photo Credit:
Anupam Nath
Welcome to Sportstar’s live coverage of the IPL 2026 game between Rajasthan Royals and Mumbai Indians in Guwahati on Tuesday.
Date & Time: April 7, 2026, 7:30 PM IST
Venue: ACA Stadium, Barsapara, Guwahati
Where to watch: Click here to find out where to watch the telecast or live stream for today’s IPL 2026 contest between Rajasthan Royals and Mumbai Indians.
The Royals enter the encounter on the back of consecutive wins to start the season. A dominant win against Chennai Super Kings was followed by a final-over thriller against Gujarat Titans where Tushar Deshpande defended ten runs of the last six balls.
MI, on the other hand, had a middling batting performance despite its riches in the department, which allowed Delhi Capitals to chase down the below-par target without much fuss.
Good evening!
Welcome to the live coverage of the IPL 2026 match between Rajasthan Royals and Mumbai Indians at Guwahati. There seems to be a whiff of rain around in the city. Stay tuned as we bring you live updates from the game.
Rohit Sharma has been in good touch with the bat in the first two matches for Mumbai Indians.
| Photo Credit:
Anupam Nath
Rohit Sharma has been in good touch with the bat in the first two matches for Mumbai Indians.
| Photo Credit:
Anupam Nath
Welcome to Sportstar’s live coverage of the IPL 2026 game between Rajasthan Royals and Mumbai Indians in Guwahati on Tuesday.
Date & Time: April 7, 2026, 7:30 PM IST
Venue: ACA Stadium, Barsapara, Guwahati
Where to watch: Click here to find out where to watch the telecast or live stream for today’s IPL 2026 contest between Rajasthan Royals and Mumbai Indians.
The Royals enter the encounter on the back of consecutive wins to start the season. A dominant win against Chennai Super Kings was followed by a final-over thriller against Gujarat Titans where Tushar Deshpande defended ten runs of the last six balls.
MI, on the other hand, had a middling batting performance despite its riches in the department, which allowed Delhi Capitals to chase down the below-par target without much fuss.
Good evening!
Welcome to the live coverage of the IPL 2026 match between Rajasthan Royals and Mumbai Indians at Guwahati. There seems to be a whiff of rain around in the city. Stay tuned as we bring you live updates from the game.
Published on Apr 07, 2026
#Live #Score #IPL #Mumbai #Indians #bounce #unbeaten #Rajasthan #Royals #weather #updates">RR vs MI Live Score, IPL 2026: Mumbai Indians looks to bounce back against unbeaten Rajasthan Royals; weather updates
RR vs MI Live Score: Catch the score, updates and highlights from the IPL 2026 match between Rajasthan Royals and Mumbai Indians taking place at the ACA Stadium in Barsapara, Guwahati.
Rohit Sharma has been in good touch with the bat in the first two matches for Mumbai Indians.
| Photo Credit:
Anupam Nath
Rohit Sharma has been in good touch with the bat in the first two matches for Mumbai Indians.
| Photo Credit:
Anupam Nath
Welcome to Sportstar’s live coverage of the IPL 2026 game between Rajasthan Royals and Mumbai Indians in Guwahati on Tuesday.
Date & Time: April 7, 2026, 7:30 PM IST
Venue: ACA Stadium, Barsapara, Guwahati
Where to watch: Click here to find out where to watch the telecast or live stream for today’s IPL 2026 contest between Rajasthan Royals and Mumbai Indians.
The Royals enter the encounter on the back of consecutive wins to start the season. A dominant win against Chennai Super Kings was followed by a final-over thriller against Gujarat Titans where Tushar Deshpande defended ten runs of the last six balls.
MI, on the other hand, had a middling batting performance despite its riches in the department, which allowed Delhi Capitals to chase down the below-par target without much fuss.
Good evening!
Welcome to the live coverage of the IPL 2026 match between Rajasthan Royals and Mumbai Indians at Guwahati. There seems to be a whiff of rain around in the city. Stay tuned as we bring you live updates from the game.
#Deadspin #Padres #set #firstever #Pirates #ace #Paul #Skenes">Deadspin | Padres set for first-ever look at Pirates ace Paul Skenes
Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes (30) throws a pitch in the first inning of the MLB National League game between the Cincinnati Reds and the Pittsburgh Pirates at Great American Ball Park in downtown Cincinnati on Wednesday, April 1, 2026.
The San Diego Padres are the lone National League team that Pittsburgh Pirates ace Paul Skenes has never faced as he eases into his third major league season.
That will change on Tuesday when Skenes (1-1, 9.53 ERA) matches up with the fellow right-hander Nick Pivetta (1-1, 6.75) of the Padres in the second contest of a three-game set in Pittsburgh.
After enduring his shortest and worst career outing on Opening Day against the New York Mets, Skenes rebounded on Wednesday. The reigning National League Cy Young Award winner threw five strong innings in an 8-3 win over the Cincinnati Reds. Skenes gave up a run on three hits and two walks, and he struck out five in a 77-pitch appearance.
“Still a work in progress, but nice to give some volume and be out there for more than two-thirds of an inning,” Skenes said, referring to the length of his March 26 start vs. the Mets in which he yielded five runs on four hits and two walks.
Pivetta, in his most recent start, also put together a major rebound start following a poor Opening Day outing.
The 33-year-old Canadian gave up only one hit over five shutout innings, struck out eight and walked two to help the Padres beat the San Francisco Giants 7-1 on Wednesday. The performance came six days after Pivetta allowed six runs on seven hits and three walks while striking out three over three innings in an 8-2 loss to the Detroit Tigers.
“That first game, that was not Pivetta,” Padres catcher Freddy Fermin said after Pivetta’s most recent start. “(Against the Giants), he made adjustments and pitched in the right spots.”
Pivetta is 2-1 with a 2.17 ERA in six career outings (five starts) against the Pirates.
While Skenes didn’t turn in a completely dominant effort vs. the Reds, the five-inning outing helped quell concerns for Pittsburgh that its ace was experiencing any sort of negative effects from having pitched in the World Baseball Classic.
“Just remembering what’s real and what isn’t real, I guess. Nothing matters except for the play. Nothing matters except for the game,” Skenes said. “I’m pretty insulated from a lot of stuff that’s out there. The stuff that I do see or hear, I don’t really care anyway, because it doesn’t have anything to do with the play. Throughout the week, basically just thinking about getting back to execution and executing my pitches. That’s it.”
Skenes will try to cool off a suddenly energized San Diego lineup, which powered a 5-0 shutout of the Pirates on Monday and has led the Padres to three consecutive wins. The Padres could have made it an even more lopsided result in the series opener had they not left 10 runners on base.
Skenes finally will get to face Padres center fielder Jackson Merrill, who was the runner-up to Skenes for NL Rookie of the Year in 2024. Merrill has been part of San Diego’s offense surge, collecting four hits, three runs, a homer and three RBIs in the past two games.
“Good arm, good challenge,” Merrill said, according to MLB.com, about facing Skenes on Tuesday. “The Rookie of the Year stuff, that doesn’t matter anymore. But it’s fun for the game of baseball.”
#Aaron #Ramsey #Arsenal #Wales #player #retires">Aaron Ramsey, former Arsenal and Wales player, retires
Former Wales star Aaron Ramsey on Tuesday retired from club football.
“This has not been an easy decision to make. After a lot of consideration, I have decided to retire from football,” Ramsey announced on social media.
Ramsey, who had made his international debut in 2008, said, “Firstly, I want to start with Wales. It has been my privilege to wear the Welsh shirt and experience so many incredible moments in it. It would not have been possible without the incredible input of all the managers I have played under and all the staff who have helped me in many ways.”
The 35-year-old midfielder, who last played in Mexico for Pumas UNAM a year ago, also thanked all the clubs he has represented. “… thank you to all the clubs I’ve been lucky enough to play for. Thank you to all the managers and staff that have helped me be able to live my dream and play at the highest level,” he said.
It is noteworthy that Aaron Ramsey was a pivotal contributor to Arsenal during the 2013–14 season, during which he netted a total of 16 goals across competitions. This included a decisive goal in the 2014 FA Cup final against Hull City. Furthermore, he participated in the 2015 FA Cup final, in which Arsenal emerged victorious, and he scored a second FA Cup-winning goal in 2017.
Later, he joined Juventus, where he won the league title during his very first season.
Published on Apr 07, 2026
#Aaron #Ramsey #Arsenal #Wales #player #retires
Former Wales star Aaron Ramsey on Tuesday retired from club football.“This has not been an…
#Deadspin #hail #Michigan #outmuscles #UConn #claims #national #title">Deadspin | All hail: Michigan outmuscles UConn, claims second national title
Apr 6, 2026; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Michigan Wolverines forward Yaxel Lendeborg (23) cuts down the net after defeating the UConn Huskies in the national championship of the Final Four of the men’s 2026 NCAA Tournament at Lucas Oil Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Trevor Ruszkowski-Imagn Images
INDIANAPOLIS — Michigan is a national champion for the first time since 1989, standing as the best in the land even if the Wolverines weren’t at their peak on Monday.
Michigan defeated UConn 69-63 to turn back the Huskies’ bid for a third national championship in four seasons. Led by Most Outstanding Player Elliot Cadeau’s 19 points and endless energy, the Wolverines had to go off-script to end their title drought.
“We have a lot of banners at (Crisler Center), but we had just one lonely center banner, and we wanted to change that,” said Michigan coach Dusty May, who took over a program that went 8-24 in 2023-24.
All-American Yaxel Lendeborg had a quiet 30 minutes after a self-described “awful” and “soft” first half, but Michigan, the first title-winner in college basketball to start five transfers, came well-armed to the fight.
Cadeau and Morez Johnson Jr., who scored 10 of his 12 points in the first half, made shots and impactful effort plays on both ends.
“It means the world to me,” Cadeau said. “I was down on myself last year. It means the world to me to be Most Outstanding Player and win a national championship.”
Michigan’s perimeter shooting was virtually non-existent in the first half — the Wolverines were 0-for-8 from 3-point range — but yielded nothing close to a clean look to UConn freshman Braylon Mullins and Alex Karaban.
The Wolverines were held to 33 points in the first half, which put them 61 points behind their scoring pace from five prior NCAA Tournament wins.
Without their usual outside-inside balance to stir the offense, Michigan finished with 36 points in the paint and knocked down 25 free throws.
“All year we’ve just been finding ways to win,” Cadeau said. “We constantly just find ways to win all season.”
Lendeborg returned to the court in the semifinals after sustaining left knee and ankle injuries earlier in the contest, and he decided then that he wouldn’t miss the title game.
“It took a lot to get on the court. I was having a lot of mental issues. These guys stuck with me. They believed in me, really helped me out,” said Lendeborg, who put up 13 points against UConn. “I just tried to find a way to do something to help the team out. I did the best I could regardless of the outcome, but it feels really, really good to be a national champion.”
The Huskies reached Indianapolis on the back of Mullins’ buzzer-beater against Duke in the East regional final, and he kept the hot hand with four 3-pointers against Illinois. However, he shot 4 of 17 from the field on Monday. Karaban made 5 of 14, and they were both 3 of 10 from 3-point range.
UConn shot 30.9% from the field, and when the teams switched baskets at halftime, the Huskies came up empty on their first 11 3-point tries.
“They just made it so tough on us around the rim,” UConn coach Dan Hurley said after he instructed the Huskies to wait courtside for a handshake line while the Wolverines celebrated for several minutes. “Just an incredibly talented, incredibly imposing team physically. They’re legit.
“They definitely deserved to win the national championship. They’re clearly the best team in the country this year. They’re just so hard to score against at the rim. I could talk about the threes that we missed, and I thought we had a lot of good threes that we missed. But they just made it so tough on us around the rim.”
The Huskies scrapped to the bitter end. Down nine with less than two minutes remaining after Michigan’s Trey McKenney splashed a stepback 3-pointer, UConn went 4-for-4 on foul shots before Solo Ball banked in a trey, trimming the deficit to 67-63 with 37 seconds left.
McKenney hit two free throws with 13.4 seconds left to set off the Michigan celebration.
Tarris Reed Jr., a transfer from Michigan, had 14 rebounds and 13 points, though he shot 4-for-12. Karaban had 11 rebounds and led UConn with 17 points.
“This guy changed my life,” Hurley said of Karaban. “The joy he’s brought to the university, the fan base. His decision to come to UConn has made us — Florida won the national championship last year. I’ll probably get in trouble for this. Michigan won the national championship this year. But he’s helped to make UConn, I think, right now — we’re probably the premier program in college basketball right now, having been to three out of four national championship games, having won two of them. He’s put UConn in that rarefied place in college basketball.”
Hurley, bidding to become the seventh college coach with at least three national title wins, lost a game in the Final Four for the first time (5-1).
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